Hello, so I finally join you for the actual NC game! I will play noble with huts on and events prolly disabled depends how i feel when i start the game, might leave them on, i got tired of them for now
I won the previous after 22hours of solid gameplay (1906, around 180turns left)... it was a massacre, there must have been like 50 GGs altogether
its really long, ussualy i win in 5 hours on noble standard...... i won my last noble marathon huge in 22hours....
reasopn ebing heave micromanagement thorought most of the game, since i was under pressure from both roman empires, who were basically on steroids, and lets not forget the early barbarian hordes
lol i never recovered the worker deficiency this created, the ques were always so bussy....
In this game I would like to improve my very erly opening and chopping.
what is the correct build order in this opening situation (just judging from screenshot)
and research order of say
first 5 builds and 5 techs.
then I chop into the settler?
thank you for advice.
I hope that this time the map is more standard...... I still dont get how I survived and even won the previous one
so far I am noble etc. 19w/1L, so dont spoil it for me.
i wanted to try prince already, but the last NC game scared me.
so i will play again on noble, and try to be even more agressive and faster and try to incorporate more prince gameplay
also in last game i only managed to build kremlin and SoL. granted the game was hard but I ussually dont build wonders. i rather build units and settlers. without resources i dont even try.
all others i was beaten technologically (but i was beelining State property for war and sustainibility of huge empire) or beaten by many turns (attempted great library, university of sancore and some others i dont even remeber)
but i caputered pyramiods and university of sancore.....which enabled me to go to police state
the early wonders i didnt even try, since start was harsh and basically all wonders were build by romans who had GW, which protexted them from intial massacre
police state from pids, nationhood, slavery, organized religion were really ideal for this endless war i was having
. also big bonus to production of anything and espionage, nice
(really nice state to live in..... you are enslaved but think of the nation in the process, your only relieve is to go into state organized temple. any one who resists is arrested and enslaved even more)
settlers and stacks of axes or other units always do a better "wonder" for me: eliminate some rivals when its still easy.
but maybe my thinking is wrong.
also many times i build cities, where i cant tell whether they should do commerce or minig, so i end up doing hybrids, which are also good for war (cites with both hills but not that much food, but just barely susstainable for cottaging)
thanks a lot for any general advice...... i will be posting maybe later today before or after i play first 50turns
ps
can i post save games in BUG - BUFFY mod? it is basic unaltered gameplay used for GOTM games.
maybe you can consider recommending this mod instead
if not, what screenshots whould i provide to make it most effective?
again thanks a lot